Egypt’s head-to-head record against Ghana is 10 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. However, the Pharaohs lost 3-0 in their last encounter in a friendly in January 2013.

The Pharaohs, who were without key players including Salah, Abou-Treika, Shikabala, Fathi and Gedo, were simply outclassed in Abu Dhabi, with goals coming from Emmanuel Badu, Emmanuel Boakye and Asamoah Gyan.

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has recently recalled Michael Essien, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew to his squad and they helped defeat Zambia 2-1 at home in their final Group D clash.

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I think the article should point out that the Abu Dhabi friendly that we lost 3-0 was played by our B team. No Ahly players expect Sayed Hamdy & Gomaa and no foreign-based players at all. Against a full strength Ghana at the height of preparations for their African Cup of Nations campaign.

Sorry, maybe “full strength” wasn’t the right term to use but… most players you mentioned were far from Ghana regulars last January, and the rest were simply injured so it was as “full strength” as Ghana could be on that date !

Essien and KPB weren’t Ghana national team players since mid 2011 until just last week
Jordan Ayew hasn’t been with Ghana at all starting from September 2012 until today
Waris is hardly a regular and had never started a game back in January
Muntari was 6 months injured, and Andre Ayew was also injured.

So if we’re counting them we should say we were also missing Zaki, Zidan, Meteb, Mido, etc… 😉

Any team in any match will have players missing whether through injury, lack of form, disputes with the management, etc…

I meant that Ghana’s 3-0 win in January was a very uneven contest b/c Ghana could call up anyone they wanted while Egypt couldn’t call up about a whole 11-man team of top players from Ahly and from abroad.

Musa Siryon(Liberia)-Ghanean players are extraordinary and we know that where as the Egyptians also, as a fan of soccer I pray that Egypt goes to Brazil2014 due to their European exclusive style of play.